Birmingham Black Barons History - 1974 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1974 Birmingham Black Barons	90	72	.556	2^nd	3	92-70	-2	.259	3.49	X		3,217,588	$57,927,894	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Willie Mitchell	1
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Tommy Leach	1
Ozzie Award	Buddy Bell (2B), Mark Belanger (SS), Jim Piersall (CF)	3
All-Star	Tommy Leach, Willie Mitchell, Darryl Strawberry	3
Pitcher of the Month	CC Sabathia (Sep)	1
Batter of the Month	Vladimir Guerrero (Sep)	1
Rookie of the Month	Tommy Leach (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep)	5
Player of the Week	Marty Berghammer (Apr 15), Vladimir Guerrero (May 6), Tommy Leach (Jun 10), Bob Watson (Sep 9), Vladimir Guerrero (Sep 16)	5

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
LF	Vladimir Guerrero	31	155	633	185	26	3	39	104	93	40	7	0	6	65	5	2	.292	.338	.528	.866	5.2	141
2B	Buddy Bell	22	156	583	154	17	3	21	73	69	46	2	3	3	63	2	1	.264	.319	.412	.730	2.9	106
3B	Tommy Leach	25	133	565	154	14	6	27	75	86	55	3	0	5	82	35	10	.273	.338	.462	.800	4.6	124
SS	Mark Belanger	33	156	508	116	23	8	1	30	46	57	7	6	2	80	18	3	.228	.314	.311	.625	1.9	79
C	Yadier Molina	39	129	498	122	27	0	9	40	48	34	4	1	1	45	2	1	.245	.298	.353	.651	2.0	84
1B	Bob Watson	27	113	480	156	22	1	29	69	81	37	4	0	4	53	1	1	.325	.375	.556	.931	4.4	160
CF	Jim Piersall	33	119	423	125	28	5	10	63	42	24	1	1	5	44	5	2	.296	.331	.456	.787	3.6	121
RF	Darryl Strawberry	29	110	350	93	7	2	32	62	69	62	4	0	3	76	11	1	.266	.379	.571	.951	4.3	165
RF	Leon Roberts	25	128	348	101	7	1	19	51	54	23	7	1	2	59	1	0	.290	.345	.480	.825	1.9	131
1B	George C Scott	35	96	236	55	8	1	20	40	31	21	3	0	1	62	0	0	.233	.303	.530	.832	1.0	130
CF	Larry Doby	37	86	200	41	4	0	4	15	14	16	0	0	2	47	0	0	.205	.261	.285	.546	-1.2	55
3B	Marty Berghammer	36	60	142	37	9	3	0	10	18	18	4	5	0	24	6	3	.261	.360	.366	.726	0.9	107
C	Harry Danning	36	42	124	27	4	0	2	13	8	8	6	0	0	17	0	0	.218	.297	.298	.595	0.1	70
P	Willie Mitchell	20	39	103	17	2	0	0	8	11	5	2	11	1	20	0	0	.165	.216	.184	.401	-1.1	16
P	CC Sabathia	27	38	88	10	1	0	0	6	4	6	1	19	1	36	0	0	.114	.177	.125	.302	-1.5	-12
P	Rick Reuschel	26	38	84	15	2	0	0	5	5	3	0	12	1	26	0	0	.179	.205	.202	.407	-0.8	16
P	Pete Conway	19	29	70	12	2	0	2	10	5	0	2	14	2	19	0	0	.171	.189	.286	.475	-0.7	32
P	Bobo Newsom	36	15	39	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	16	0	0	.179	.179	.179	.359	-0.5	3
LF	Roy White	36	34	40	8	2	1	2	5	6	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	.200	.304	.450	.754	0.3	111
CF	Deion Sanders	34	46	38	5	1	1	1	6	10	3	1	1	0	5	7	3	.132	.214	.289	.504	-0.1	41
3B	John Atz	26	11	12	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	-0.0	33
P	Harry Krause	23	30	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Jose Lima	25	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	90
P	Dave Wickersham	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	-0.0	60
P	Jim Archer	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Mariano Rivera	39	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Moe Burtschy	33	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Joe Musgrove	36	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
28 Players		29.8	1890	5582	1443	206	35	218	687	711	467	58	85	39	852	94	27	.259	.320	.425	.745	26.8	109
NL Rank				3	3	5	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	5	3	4	2	3	3
ABBA Rank				5	5	11	5	2	6	6	10	8	2	8	6	6	10	5	9	3	5	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Willie Mitchell	20	39	39	23	10	0	2.83	308.0	275	107	97	16	94	193	0	17	8	1.20	.274	8.4	132
CC Sabathia	27	38	38	17	14	0	3.24	297.0	263	112	107	28	69	222	0	16	4	1.12	.271	8.0	116
Rick Reuschel	26	38	38	13	20	0	3.92	278.0	255	131	121	43	70	166	0	12	2	1.17	.254	2.7	96
Pete Conway	19	29	29	14	10	0	3.65	221.7	202	96	90	26	45	168	0	14	1	1.11	.268	5.3	103
Bobo Newsom	36	15	15	9	2	0	2.78	126.3	105	40	39	9	39	94	0	5	1	1.14	.267	3.4	135
Harry Krause	23	30	1	1	0	0	3.88	53.3	57	23	23	4	16	28	1	0	0	1.37	.308	0.6	97
Mariano Rivera	39	47	0	5	7	25	3.91	46.0	49	24	20	8	4	38	0	0	0	1.15	.295	0.7	96
Joe Musgrove	36	35	0	4	6	0	5.16	45.3	54	28	26	8	11	26	4	0	0	1.43	.317	-0.1	73
Moe Burtschy	33	24	0	0	0	0	3.12	34.7	45	14	12	4	15	19	2	0	0	1.73	.339	0.0	120
Jose Lima	25	19	0	3	1	0	3.98	31.7	32	14	14	6	7	19	0	0	0	1.23	.271	-0.1	94
Ian Krol	29	13	0	0	1	0	2.30	15.7	10	4	4	1	4	6	0	0	0	.89	.200	0.1	163
Dave Wickersham	26	1	1	1	0	0	12.00	6.0	10	8	8	3	2	4	0	0	0	2.00	.333	-0.2	31
Jim Archer	29	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	6.0	10	4	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.83	.391	0.0	63
Buddy Bell	22	1	0	0	1	0	3.00	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2.00	.273	-0.2	125
Bob J Miller	29	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	.400	0.0	83
Orlin Collier	37	2	0	0	0	0	33.75	1.3	6	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	6.75	.857	-0.0	11
Jesse Stovall	29	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	.000	-0.0	0
17 Pitchers	25.6	334	162	90	72	25	3.49	1477.0	1381	612	572	158	383	987	7	64	16	1.19	.275	28.6	112
NL Rank		5	1	2	5	5	3	2	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	5	1
ABBA Rank		8	1	2	11	9	3	3	6	2	3	4	1	2	4	2	2	2	9	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Mitchell	39	39	30	41	1	75	4	.947	308.0	2.07	-0.6
C. Sabathia	38	38	27	33	1	61	1	.984	297.0	1.82	-0.6
R. Reuschel	38	38	22	39	3	64	3	.953	278.0	1.97	1.0
P. Conway	29	29	19	24	0	43	0	1.000	221.7	1.75	0.5
B. Newsom	15	15	8	5	0	14	1	.929	126.3	0.93	0.2
H. Krause	30	1	3	9	0	12	0	1.000	53.3	2.03	-0.1
M. Rivera	45	0	3	2	0	6	1	.833	46.0	0.98	-0.6
J. Musgrove	35	0	6	7	1	13	0	1.000	45.3	2.58	0.4
M. Burtschy	24	0	2	2	1	5	1	.800	34.7	1.04	-0.1
J. Lima	18	0	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	31.7	2.27	-0.1
I. Krol	13	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	15.7	2.87	-0.0
D. Wickersham	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
J. Archer	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
B. Bell	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
B. Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	-0.0
O. Collier	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	-0.0
J. Stovall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	331	162	127	173	8	311	11	.965	1477.0	1.83	0.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	129	129	798	59	9	860	3	.997	1178.0	6.55	3.7	4	42.9
H. Danning	37	33	202	18	2	221	1	.995	299.0	6.62	0.3	1	18.2
Totals	166	162	1000	77	11	1081	4	.996	1477.0	6.56	4.0	5	37.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	113	113	1027	95	102	1127	5	.996	1012.3	9.97	-2.7
G. Scott	53	49	424	38	37	470	8	.983	440.7	9.44	-2.1
L. Doby	8	0	15	5	1	20	0	1.000	24.0	7.50	0.1
Totals	174	162	1466	138	140	1617	13	.992	1477.0	9.77	-4.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	155	155	286	431	118	723	6	.992	1386.0	4.66	4.8
M. Berghammer	6	3	13	8	1	21	0	1.000	47.7	3.97	0.5
T. Leach	2	2	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	18.0	5.00	-0.0
J. Atz	4	1	4	2	1	6	0	1.000	14.0	3.86	-0.0
G. Scott	4	1	1	4	2	5	0	1.000	11.3	3.97	-0.5
Totals	171	162	307	452	122	765	6	.992	1477.0	4.62	4.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	128	128	99	248	19	368	21	.943	1154.7	2.70	2.0
M. Berghammer	34	33	17	56	6	74	1	.986	284.0	2.31	1.8
J. Atz	6	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	18.3	1.47	0.0
G. Scott	3	0	1	4	0	6	1	.833	16.3	2.76	-1.0
B. Bell	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	3.7	7.36	0.0
Totals	174	162	119	312	25	454	23	.949	1477.0	2.63	2.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Belanger	156	156	189	455	103	652	8	.988	1351.0	4.29	9.4
M. Berghammer	20	1	11	17	6	29	1	.966	51.3	4.91	-0.6
T. Leach	5	3	9	16	2	27	2	.926	42.0	5.36	-1.1
G. Scott	8	2	3	7	2	10	0	1.000	30.7	2.93	-0.5
D. Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	190	162	212	495	113	718	11	.985	1477.0	4.31	7.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	154	153	384	7	3	395	4	.990	1379.0	2.55	2.6
L. Roberts	6	5	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	48.0	3.00	-0.2
R. White	6	4	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	37.3	1.45	0.6
D. Sanders	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	12.7	3.55	0.7
Totals	171	162	411	7	3	422	4	.991	1477.0	2.55	3.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	113	112	311	8	1	319	0	1.000	990.7	2.90	7.5
L. Doby	49	43	113	4	1	122	5	.959	388.7	2.71	-7.2
D. Sanders	21	7	28	0	0	28	0	1.000	88.7	2.84	0.2
R. White	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	6.0	4.50	-0.1
V. Guerrero	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
D. Strawberry	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	-0.0
Totals	186	162	458	12	2	475	5	.989	1477.0	2.86	0.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Strawberry	94	92	193	6	0	201	2	.990	820.0	2.18	0.5
L. Roberts	79	70	130	9	2	142	3	.979	655.0	1.91	-3.1
L. Doby	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	323	15	2	343	5	.985	1477.0	2.06	-2.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.325
On-Base Percentage	Bob Watson	.375
Slugging Percentage	Bob Watson	.556
OPS	Bob Watson	.931
Games	Buddy Bell, Mark Belanger	156
At-Bats	Vladimir Guerrero	633
Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	93
Hits	Vladimir Guerrero	185
Doubles	Jim Piersall	28
Triples	Mark Belanger	8
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	39
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero	104
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	35
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	10
Walks	Darryl Strawberry	62
Strikeouts	Tommy Leach	82

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Willie Mitchell	23
Losses	Rick Reuschel	20
Saves	Mariano Rivera	25
Games	Mariano Rivera	47
Games Started	Willie Mitchell	39
Complete Games	Willie Mitchell	17
Shutouts	Willie Mitchell	8
Innings Pitched	Willie Mitchell	308.0
Hits Allowed	Willie Mitchell	275
Home Runs Allowed	Rick Reuschel	43
Strikeouts	CC Sabathia	222
Walks Allowed	Willie Mitchell	94
Earned Run Average	Willie Mitchell	2.83
Walks + Hits per IP	Pete Conway	1.11
BABIP	Rick Reuschel	.254

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 18th	P Bobo Newsom	to the Boston Americans for	2nd Round Draft Pick
December 23rd	1B Nate Colbert	to the Detroit Stars for	P Frank Barrett 1st Round Draft Pick